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Old 15-05-2011, 11:14 PM
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strongmanmike (Michael)
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Originally Posted by RobF View Post
Great work Mike. Glad to hear the beast has been for another spin around the track. I'd be interested to hear more about how you managed to get false colour NB to look so close to RGB too if you could? Nice result, even if you were frustrated by conditions - looks fab to us mere mortals.

Cool bumper stickers by the way too...
Cheers Rob

The final colour balance is pretty cool huh...? Not sure I could describe teh steps in an orderly fashon taht would make sense, suffice to say a lot of blending went on (like a good Scotch blend) - It was a spaghetti Bolognese recipe in PSCS3+ ..I process like I cook, as long as the flavour ends up nice the route there is almost black magic at times

Hopefully the "fast" scope connection and the fact that she was made in England will make sense of naming her McLaren Scope ..


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Originally Posted by atalas View Post
Very nice Mike.
Cheers Big Louie

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Originally Posted by Lester View Post
Wonderful image Mike, but still looking forward to what you will get with good seeing. All the best.
You and I both

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Originally Posted by h0ughy View Post
A Mclaren scope - does it look good in a kilt ?- no dont go there i know you have one....... but you certainly have the advertising for it. Are you selling space on your freezer suit for the smaller sponsers
Except for the bloom around the very bright stars its a cracker of an image. I have to say that the seeing over us has been horrible, the other night i saw Rigel twinkle from blue to red - overhead. Love the work - impresses me no end - oh goodness i see that figure in a kilt again....
Good to hear that I wasn't the only oen with poor seeing (not good for you, I didn't mean that) as I sadi I was starting to think it was the scope and the fan/heater arangement ..when I saw the colour frames coming down tight-as I though man, where was this when I was taking the OIII - it was like blur city for those subs ..but I breathed a sigh of relief knowing that the scope can see things quite sharp after all...phew

Kilt?...I haven'tworn the kilt for a number of years now...don't have one anymore either

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Originally Posted by multiweb View Post
Pretty awesome field Mike. You've got the beast ticking now.
Cheers Marc, it's ticking for sure but it should be able to purrrrrr and I am getting closer

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Originally Posted by Peter Ward View Post
Mclaren make some cool cars.

But so do the mob from Maranello....I think I like them better

Nice piccy by the way
Yeh well she's British so I thought McLaren (although I think they started out in NZ ) more appropriate than calling her a Ferrari ...of course I would like an Officina Stellare scope for sure ...theeen I would call it a Ferrari zooom

Cheers

Mike
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